This post is written by Arohi Ambade, a second-year law student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. Title of the Case : Adamson v. Jarvis Citation : 4 BING.66:29 R.R 503 Judgement Year : 1827 Brief Facts: Adamson was an auctioneer who was given cattle by Jarvis. Here, the auctioneer was represented with the fact of principal that he was the real owner of the cattle as well as goods. The auctioneer was unaware of the fact that the principal had no right to sell the goods. According to the fact, the principal had to seek an indemnity of auctioneer.…
Author: Arohi Ambade
Title of the case: Gagan Kanojia and Anr. v State of Punjab Citation: (2006) 13 SCC 516 Date of Judgment: 24-11-2006 Court: Supreme Court of India Brief Facts: Two children, named Abhishek and Heena aged six and eight years respectively went to take private tuitions and came back by 6.30pm. On the day in question, when the children didn’t return on time, their father, Kamal Kishore went out to search for them. He, however, came to know that one scooterist wearing a black trouser and a white shirt had taken his children on his scooter. A FIR was lodged by…
This post is written by Arohi Ambade, a second-year law student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. Title of the Case: Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande v State of Maharashtra Citation: AIR 1965 SC 1564 Court: Supreme Court Date of Judgment: 01-02-1965 Appellant: Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande Respondents: State of Maharashtra Brief Facts: The appellant, Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande, was married to the complainant Indubai in 1956. Their marriage was solemnized as per religious rites and customs. During the course time, he married another woman named Kamlabai in February 1962. The complainant then accused the appellant under charges of Section 494 of the Indian…
This post was written by Arohi Ambade, a second-year law student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. Title of the Case: Henthorn v Fraser Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales Year of Judgment: 1892 Citation: 2 Ch 27 Bench: Lord Herschell. Facts: The complainant and the defendant had been negotiating the purchase price of houses. An original offer to buy the houses for £600 had been rejected. The defendant, Mr Fraser, handed the complainant, Mr Henthorn, a note that detailed an option to sell the property for £750, which would be valid for 14 days. While this offer…
This post is written by Arohi Ambade, a second-year law student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. Title of the Case: Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India Citation: AIR 2018 SC 4321 Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra Date of Judgment: 06-09-2018 Petitioner: Navtej Singh Johar Respondent: Union of India thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice Brief Facts: A writ petition was filed by on 26th April 2016 by Navtej Singh Johar, a dancer from the LGBT community along with…
This post is written by Arohi Ambade, a second-year law student of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. Title of the Case: Santosh Kumar Singh v State Thr. CBI Citation: (2010) 9 SCC 747 Court: Supreme Court Bench: Harjit Singh Bedi, Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Date of Judgment: 06-10-2010 Accused: Santosh Kumar Singh Victim: Priyadarshani Mattoo Brief Facts: The deceased, Priyadarshani Mattoo was a law student in the same faculty where the accused, Santosh Kumar Singh, studied law. Being in the same studyplace, the accused was attracted to the deceased. He passed out of the law centre in December 1994. Despite that,…
Title of the Case: State of Tamil Nadu v. Suhas Katti Court: Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore Decided on: 05/11/2004 Brief Facts: The accused was the family friend of the victim. The accused wanted to marry the victim but the victim refused and married another person. The marriage broke apart. On seeing this, the accused saw this as an opportunity and asked her for marriage. The victim refused again. On being refused, the accused posted obscene and defamatory messages about the said victim on Yahoo messenger groups harming her reputation and insulting her modesty. The accused also forwarded emails received in a…
Title of the Case: Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab Bench: CJI R.C. Lahoti, G.P. Mathur & P.K. Balasubramanyan Citation: AIR2005SC3180; (2005)6SCC1; 2005CriLJ3710 Date of Judgment: 05-08-2005 Parties: Petitioner- Dr. Jacob Mathew Respondent- State of Punjab Brief Facts: A patient named Jiwan Lal was admitted to a private ward in CMC Hospital, Ludhiana. At 11 pm of the date 22-02-1995, the patient suddenly had difficulty in breathing. His elder son, Vijay Sharma called the nurse and doctor after seeing his father’s condition. No doctor turned up for about 20-25 minutes. After that, Dr. Jacob Mathew and Dr. Allen Joseph…
